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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[December]] &ndash; Emperor [[Alexios III Angelos|Alexios III]] ('''Angelos''') is threatened by Emperor [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor]], who demands 5,000 pounds of gold or the Byzantines will face an invasion, this due to a convoluted system of dynastic claims of Henry gaining control of Alexios' daughter [[Irene Doukaina]]. The amount is negotiated down to 1,600 pounds of gold – with Alexios plundering the imperial tombs within the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] – as well as levying a heavy and unpopular tax, known as the ''[[Alamanikon]]'' (or '''German Tax''').<ref>Brand, Charles M. (1991). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', pp. 50–51. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-504652-8}}.</ref>